#BC8E2F#BC8E2F

#BC8E2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E2F
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 8.28, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 55.15, 81.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.0178 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.122 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9271, 30.2449, 6.8977)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E2F #2F5DBC

analogous

#BC482F #BC8E2F #A3BC2F

triadic

#BC8E2F #2FBC8E #8E2FBC

tetradic

#BC8E2F #2FBC48 #2F5DBC #BC2FA3

square

#BC8E2F #2FBC48 #2F5DBC #BC2FA3

split-complementary

#BC8E2F #2FA3BC #482FBC

monochromatic

#5A4417 #8B6923 #BC8E2F #D4AA54 #E0C385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BC8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E2F

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E2F	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6e',
    500: '#bc8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e2f;
$custom-light: #d5ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6743,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E2F

secondary

#7D96CA

accent

#78E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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